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Bob Haney Reviewed by: Purrsia  This episode opens with Panthro finally melting down that meteor of Thundrillium that Lion-O recovered from Hook Mountain a few eps back. Panthro was glad to separate the gold "junk" from the pure Thundrillium, as he found the shiny mineral too malleable to be of practical use. But, of course, Cheetara thinks it's pretty and keeps a semi-circle shaped piece of gold, which she wears as a necklace. Meanwhile, Lion-O is out scouting the countryside with Snarf when they happen upon the caves of the Trolls and Giants. Here, they meet a troll by the name of Gregory Gregian. This troll travels upon a giant grasshopper, mind you. After conversing with the stubby fellow a short while, Lion-O agrees to protect Gregory from the shadow robber, who Gregory claims would be waiting for him as he traveled through the Midnight Woods. The Woods were indeed as dark and vast as a ThunderCats plot hole. And so when a stranger appears from the shadows, Lion-O attacked first and asked questions later. The attacker turns out to be Tygra, and the Sword of Omens' blade breaks in two as a result of it being used against a fellow ThunderCat. Gregory reveals himself to be Mumm-Ra and laughs all the way back to the Black Pyramid for having duped the felines so easily. Lion-O realizes the scope of what has happened when he tries to tap into the Sword's powers. None of them work. Not Second Sight. Not summoning the others. Nothing. Zip. Nada. Yes, kids, it's time to start crapping your pants (or, uh, speedos in Lion-O's case). Jaga appears to Lion-O and is less than pleased that the impulsive lad brought about the Curse of Balthas. This curse basically states that the Sword's powers will be destroyed if ever it is used to attack a fellow ThunderCat. Jaga goes on to explain that the only way to reforge the blade is in the searing heat of star fire. There just so happens to be a dwarf star within the core of a nearby volcano (try not to think about that logically, or your head will explode like a volcano). Lion-O, devastated that he has basically doomed his race by his rash behavior, decides to remedy the situation with more rash behavior. He rushes off to the volcano, and informs Tygra that he is to become Lord of the ThunderCats if Lion-O doesn't return from the roasting confines of the molten mountain. Tygra, realizing that Lion-O is a few Berbilberry muffins short of a dozen, decides to return with Snarf to the Lair to get the others. They must have stopped at the Berbil Village on the way, because they were all stuffing said muffins into their faces on the way back, saying something like, "Let Lion-O roast in hell for what his stupidity has done. Let's go get drunk and eat these damn muffins til we pop." But ya know, it was hard to tell what exactly they were saying with all that food in their mouths. Ok, ok. That's not entirely true. But I do think they stopped off at the Berbil Village, as RoberBill was along for the ride when next we see the Tcats. As they rumble along in the Tank, RoberBill explains about how the Inflamer might be able to help save Lion-O and reforge the Sword. Unfortunately, Mumm-Ra had that angle covered as well. Panthro, Cheetara, Tygra and Snarf arrive at the Inflamer's volcano-side cave to find him totally emaciated from a battle with the Mutants. Looks like ole Mummsie was taking notes in his Evil Manipulation course this time, haha. But, alas, a glimmer of hope. Literally. The Inflamer notices Cheetara's gold necklace. RoberBill suddenly recalls that if the Inflamer bathes in hot liquid gold, he can regain his powers. Panthro is woe to inform the group that he threw all that "gold junk" out. But when Cheetara tells him she saved some for herself, she and Panthro head back to the Lair to retrieve it. Whilst all this is going on, Lion-O is getting ever closer to the center of the volcano and he tries to persevere despite the intense heat. Lion-O is dangling above the dwarf star and barely hanging on when Panthro returns with the gold. The Inflamer crawls into the melted gold and disappears. In the interim, Panthro locates Lion-O within the volcano and drills into the mountain with the Tank. He catches Lion-O just in time (Of course! We can't melt the boy in episode 17. That wouldn't be proper). But Lion-O left the broken Sword inside the sweltering volcano's center. When they emerge from the volcano, the Inflamer is back better than ever. And because he's a mercenary, he's not too grateful to the ThunderCats for reenergizing him. He does reforge the Sword, but taunts the ThunderCats with it. Lion-O calls the Sword to his hand which really chaps the Inflamer's fiery ass. He retaliates by blowing the volcano apart and spewing molten lava everywhere...but the Tcats escape unscathed....blah de blah blah. Snarf could have at least caught on fire I would think. He is the comic relief afterall...sheesh! "By the twelve Seas of Thundera!" -- Tygra "I knew that short-legged smart pants was no good!" --Snarf, referring to Gregory Gregian's deceit PKELL: First of all, The Inflamer is a jerk! I just had to get that out of the way. The confrontation between The Inflamer and The Thundercats was really dramatic as it seemed impossible for The TCats to win.
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- Mumm-Ra's plan was absolutely brilliant from start to finish. His disguise as Gregory Gregian is probably the most convincing disguise that Mumm-Ra ever tired, even from the perspective of the audience.
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- The Sword of Omens would be broken two more times after this, but I think we can all agree that this was the best story involing the breaking of the legendary blade. DreamStar: I found the inflamer very curious, indeed. After he was restored to his firey self, and took the Sword of Omens, there was something abuot him (possibly his voice and manner of addressing Lion-O as 'Thundercat') that made me think of Mumm-Ra. I was actually waiting for him to reveal himself as Mumm-Ra in disguise, but then he never did. Maybe I'm just crazy =P Jacky boy: I'm with u there Dreamstar, this was one of the first episodes i saw ( as in the UK they aired them in some dumb-ass order!) and the inflamer scared the hell out of me as a kid. Bad. Ass. Espisode. Bosuns mittens: This episode should be entitled PHYSICS FAIL. Seriously. A dwarf star is the size of a planet, and it's very dense and not hot at all.... Apart from that, why is Cheetara portrayed as a Helpless Female From The Thirties? "Gold is so pretty." Needing to be rescued and carried around, in case she breaks a nail. I have to go bang my head against a wall for a bit, lol
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